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Mahagathbandhan, (MGB, ISO: Mahāgaṭhabaṁdhana) [5] also known as Grand Alliance, is a coalition of political parties in the Eastern state of Bihar in India, formed ahead of the 2015 Vidhan Sabha elections in Bihar.
The Mahagathbandhan (or Grand Alliance), or MGB, [10] or simply the Gathbandhan (Alliance), [11] [12] was an anti-Congress, [13] [14] anti-BJP, [15] [16] [17] Indian political alliance formed in the run-up to the 2019 general election under the leadership of two former Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh Yadav of the Samajwadi Party and Mayawati of the Bahujan Samaj Party, along with ...
Mahagathbandhan (transl. Grand Alliance; abbreviated as MGB), is a coalition of political parties in the Eastern state of Jharkhand in India. It is the major political alliance in Jharkhand. The alliance consists of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, Indian National Congress, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation.
The Mahagathbandhan is the main opposition political coalition comprising primarily the United Progressive Alliance members Rashtriya Janata Dal and Indian National Congress along with left–wing parties such as CPI and CPI (M).
Mahagathbandhan (transl. Grand Alliance) may refer to these political alliances in India: Mahagathbandhan (Bihar) , alliance in the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, of the Rashtriya Janata Dal, Janata Dal (United), and Indian National Congress, against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.
Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar was sworn in as chief minister for the fifth time on 20 November 2015 after the Mahagathbandhan alliance won a sweeping victory, taking 178 seats. [277] The two sons of RJD chief Lalu Prasad, Tejaswi and Tej Pratap were also sworn in as ministers. Tejaswi Yadav became Deputy Chief Minister.
In 2015, following his ideological differences with the Bharatiya Janta Party, Nitish Kumar switched the grand old alliance becoming the member of Mahagathbandhan or the grand alliance along with his chief political rival Rashtriya Janata Dal of Yadav. [53]
Leading the Mahagathbandhan alliance with 105 MLAs, it is currently the official opposition in Bihar. RJD is part of Ruling Government in Jharkhand and Kerala with its allies in Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand) and LDF respectively. [11]